| Literature DB >> 19125291 |
Michael A den Bakker1, Natascha N T Goemaere, Juliëtte A Severin, J L Nouwen, Paul C M S Verhagen.
Abstract
A 56-year-old female, originally from Suriname, with an otherwise unremarkable previous medical history was found to have a renal mass highly suspicious for renal cancer for which a nephrectomy was performed. Within the kidney, a tumourous mass was found which, on histological examination, showed an inflammatory pseudotumour caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. Further investigations revealed an idiopathic CD4(+) lymphopenia. Mass lesions mimicking a malignant tumour caused by infection with Histoplasma have rarely been described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour mimicking cancer occurring in the kidney.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19125291 DOI： 10.1007/s00428-008-0714-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch ISSN： 0945-6317 Impact factor: 4.064